Tom Richardson
Thomas Richardson
Born: 11 August 1870, Byfleet, Surrey
Died: 2 July 1912, St Jean d'Arvey, Chambery, Savoie, France
Major Teams: Surrey, London County, Somerset, England.
Known As: Tom Richardson
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast
Test Debut: England v Australia at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1893
Last Test: England v Australia at Sydney, 5th Test, 1897/98
First Class Debut: Surrey v Cambridge University at The Oval, 1892
Last First Class Match: Somerset v Australians at Bath, 1905
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1897
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 14 24 8 177 25* 11.06 0 0 5 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 4498 191 2220 88 25.22 8-94 11 4 51.1 2.96
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1892 - 1905)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 358 479 124 3424 69 9.64 0 2 126 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 78992 38794 2104 18.43 10-45 200 72 37.5 2.94
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
One of the finest bowlers to grace the game of cricket, with an
action described by Neville Cardus as being "like a great wave
of the sea about to break". Tom Richardson was a complete pace
bowler, fast, accurate, and with a devastating break back. He
had an unending appetite for bowling that may have eventually
overstressed his powerful frame, leading to his sudden death at
only 41. He took an astonishing 290 wickets in 1895, despite playing
half his matches on the friendly Oval wicket, and without the
benefit of a second new ball. His
greatest match, in a losing cause, was at Old Trafford in 1896,
taking 13-244 in the match - H.S Altham wrote of this
performance "no finer example of courage, stamina, accuracy and
pace is to be found in all the annals of the game".
(Dave Liverman, Nov 1997)
Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 21:33:27 GMT
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